Drawing Party with Telgemeier & Roman in Astoria, NY; Mike Richardson in Beaverton, OR; Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson in Seattle, WA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
First-time cookbook authors Kimberley Hasselbrink and Anya Kassoff describe what “vibrant” food means to them and suggest perfect height-of-summer meals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Bressler has been hired as editorial director at Penguin Random House's paperback imprint, Plume. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organized by Philadelphia comics shop Locust Moon and its small press imprint Locust Moon Press, 'Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream,' an ambitious Kickstarter project to fund a tribute book to Little Nemo creator Windsor McCay, has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 and raised $90,000 with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Food writer Diana Henry spoke with PW about the pleasures of "accidentally healthy" eating and why her latest cookbook, 'A Change of Appetite,' isn't a "diet" book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Natalie Jerome has been promoted to non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins, taking on the role... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hong Kong Book Fair, now in its 25th year, remains firmly focused on the Chinese-language titles, but has begun to add professional elements and global authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Speakers from YouTube and Buzzfeed will join representatives from the trade at today’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Copies of the Sudanese daily newspaper Al-Tayyar were confiscated by the country's security service on Saturday (5 July).The privately owned newspaper had only been allowed to resume publication last month after it was suspended in June 2012 for publishing a series of investigative articles on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chipping Norton Literary Festival is to split its profits with authors in lieu of paying... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is stepping up its Christian publishing in the UK, using its acquisition of Thomas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Bisselll has been made publicity director at HarperFiction. Bissell was previously PR... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graphic novelist Kristen Radtke has already tackled Leslie Jamison's 'The Empathy Exams,' and now she graphically reviews Sharona Muir's debut novel, 'Invisible Beasts.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books division has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Omnific Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the gulf between Amazon and Hachette widens in their publisher-versus-retailer heavyweight fight, frustrated authors caught in the middle have begun to weigh in—some in better spirits than others. In the spoof video above, Outliers author Malcolm Gladwell meets with Amazon's vice president of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The typical income for a professional author in 2013 was just £11,000, more than £5,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mary Dougherty will become the third director since the press's founding 51 years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's private programmatic exchanges can now book premium ad space like mastheads for brands. It is working with ABC to promote the new show Rising Star using an exchange that only places ads in prominent positions, ones that are not typically associated with automated buying. "This exchange... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Ditlow, who with her husband Anthony launched Listening Library in 1955, died June 26 at age 92. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, chef/author John Currence takes home a SIBA award for 'Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey,' and the authors of 'Sweet Mandarin Cookbook' cook for the British Prime Minister and Chinese Premier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]